John T. Skaggs

Town Marshal John Skaggs was shot and killed in Henderson, Kentucky, while returning a prisoner to the Henderson County Jail. The prisoner had been arrested the previous week for stealing a horse in Leitchfield.

As the marshal the prison walked through Henderson's central park en route to the jail another man approached them and fatally shot the marshal. The man and the prisoner then fled the area.

The prisoner was re-arrested after a chase in Daviess County the following week.